DESCRIPTION:
The Penn State College of Communications is the largest communications program in the country accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Communications, and one of five accredited communications programs in the Northeast. Established in 1985 as the School of Communications, the program was given college status in 1994.
The College is home to four departments that award five distinct undergraduate degrees: advertising/public relations, film/video and media studies, journalism, and telecommunications. The College also offers master's degree programs in media studies and telecommunications Studies and a Ph.D. program in mass communications.
The faculty of the College is noted for its strong blend of professional and academic backgrounds and is dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, and service. Its strength is further enhanced by three endowed positions: the Foster Professorship in Communications; the Cable Television Center Endowed Chair in Telecommunications Studies and Law; and the Palmer Chair in Telecommunications Studies and Law.
Faculty and students explore social, cultural, and policy issues through research conducted by the Institute for Information Policy, the Media Effects Research Laboratory, and the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment. At the graduate level, the graduate teaching and research academies engage doctoral students in seminars in curriculum and pedagogy and provide both collaborative and independent opportunities for teaching and research.
Students expand their knowledge of our country and the world through participation in the Manchester Study Abroad Program and the Communications and Democracy Semester in Washington, D.C. More than 600 internship sites established by the Office of Career Placement and Internships provide students with diverse opportunities in a range of communications fields.
Academics and professionals at the top of their fields bring their insight and expertise to the College's endowed lectures and programs, which include the Foster Conference of Distinguished Writers, the Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics, the Palmer Lecture in Telecommunications Studies, and the Pockrass Memorial Lecture. During the 2000-01 academic year, the College launched the Davis Symposium, dedicated to exploring issues in ethics in advertising.
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DEPARTMENT ID:
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10-10128
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FACULTY/DEPARTMENT MEMBERS:
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Grigorovici, Dan M
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Research Assistant/Associate |
Presence, New Media, Virtual Environments, Social Cognition, Persuasion, Consumer Psychology, Advertising research, Interactivity, Marketing, Statistics, Experimental deign, data analysis/statistics, Information Society, E-readiness, E-commerce, E-learning, E-business |
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